Bookmark...

Yayyy... back to back posts... Am just clearing a lot of backlog... LOL... Made this quicky bookmark for a friend.. She is taking some of my books so made one bookmark to remind her that she needs to return them back to me....

Take a look...

This image was again a CDAC freebie....

Supplies:-
Crad stock=> purple from fabriano elle erre
Digi image=> CDAC progressive challenge freebie
eyelet=> making memories bought from Karuna's store
ribbon from my stash.

Entering this for the following challenges:-
CDAC progressive challenge


Thanks for dropping by.. off to pack the books to be sent to my friend.. see you guys soon....

Hugs,
Khush

Nerd!!!

Heylo everyone,

I am back with a nerdy card this time.. It's a CDAC progressive challenge freebie.. The moment I saw this image, I was reminded of a school juni of mine.. She wore specs like the one the girl in the image is wearing... So this is dedicated to her....

Well have a look at the card first....

Isn't she totally dorky.... LOL....

Take a closer look at her specs.. I have blinged it up to give her a more chic look... :D

LOL.. A real Ner if you ask me...

I have a used a green fabriano Elle Erre cardstock... The PP was a birthday RAK from Piali.. The image is a freebie for the CDAC progressive challenge... Ek success border punch and on it is rhinestones from my stash.. you gotta look closely... The specs have been done with glitter balls from Pie Lane.. Coloured the image using steadler water colour pencils...

I am entering this card for the following challenges:-
CDAC=> progressive challenge
Clear it out=> Back to school
Cupcake Craft=> Back to school...
Heart song Inspirations=> Glitter and/or chipboard
Card Cupids=> back to school
Pile it on=> Layer it
Designed2delight=> Back to school
Di's Digi Designs=> Anything goes

That's it folks.. Will be posting another one real soon...

Till then have fun and happy crafting..

Hugs,
Khush

A dedication!

Hey friends,

Am back.. I have been having fairly non productive days wherein all I feel like doing is... well NOTHING.. And I really have done nothing... I begin working on a project and mid-way through I get bored and dump it into my box of incomplete projects and the pile has been growing...!!

This card is a special dedication to some very special people.. I keep taking names.. This time I won't takes for anyone except Sri's for the rest already know who they are.. Love you guys.. .. This one's especially for her and Pie Lane... The association with Pie Lane has been fantastic.. Sri has not only been a friend but also a super mentor and her opinion is highly valued...

This is a quickie card by most standards but took me ages to complete as I was not getting the desired results.. The result is simple and the after effects is a room full of scraps and bits of paper.. Never knew easier cards are the most difficult o make...

Hope you like it Sri.. Having you as a friend is truly rocking... :-).. I shall not do any form of PDA as I know you detest it.. *wink*

Take a look at the card....!!

What say guys.... Fairly simple right.. I used a black Fabriano Elle Erre cardstock.. Layered with a pink cardstock which was a RAK from Shruti... The silhouette sticker is from Pie Lane as well as those cutie heart rhinestones.. the stamped sentiment is borrowed from a friend and inked with Unity Moulin Rouge which I bought from Ujjwal... Used the Martha Stewart deco shells around the page punch...

This goes for the following challenges=>
Crafty Boots=> Anything goes
MIM=> Always anything goes
Stamps R Us=> friendship
Crafting when we can=> Anything goes
IDIC=> Anything goes
OSAAT=> Anything goes
Catch the bug=> Punches or dies

Thanks for dropping by people... Your comments are highly valuable... Till next time HAPPY CRAFTING...

Hugs,
Khush

CAS Take 2

Hey friends,
Am back with a quickie post.. Gotta rush to a party but could not resist posting this.. I made another CAS using the same sketch as I used previously.. You can check that card here. I think am liking the whole idea of a CAS card.. Previously I used to fret as to how to embellish my card.... CAS helps me ( I don't need to think at all.. LOL)..

 Anyways, take a look at the card

A close up of the image...

A flashback of the sketch...

I like the fact that this one took me less time ( if you ignore the coloring time)

The cardstock used is Fabriano Elle Erre, the orange ribbon is from my stash, the spellbinders label has been traced and handcut on a white cardstock again from Fabriano Elle Erre. The image and the sentiment is from MICIA stamps which I got from Karuna's store.. They are super cute and inked it using Unity's Noir bought from Ujjwal...I have put googlye yes on one of the chicks.. Take a closer look.. and colored the image using the Staedler water color pencils...

That's all for now folks.. I better dash and get ready before mum throws a fit.. Your comments are very valuable to me.. Till the next post which would be fairly soon... Happy Crafting...

Hugs,
Khush

Finally back with a D2D image!

Hey all you gorgeous people out there.. How is everyone doing today.. I have been having super hectic days.. Gosh.. So much to do not much time Phew..!!

I was missing the last couple of month's D2D progressive challenge.. First i was out of town and then I managed to hurt my foot..!! Finally am back in the groove to participate...

Here is my card...

A close up of the image..

This is such a cutie image.. I coloured it orange to make an orange tabby cat.... did some faux stitching around the scallop circle which has been traced and then hand cut... The cardstock is fabriano elle erre which I layered with a purple cardstock which I got from a local shop and above it an itsy bitsy patterned paper.. The purple strips remained behind after I cut the purple cardstock to size.. I was supposed to tie purple ribbons but I made this mistake while talking to SHORTY... and ended up sticking these strips instead.. The sentiment stamp I had won in a giveaway and have inked it using Unity Moulin Rouge which I bought from Ujjwal..The buttons and rhine stones are from Pie Lane...

The card is based on the Tuesday Morning Sketches #110

 I turned the sketch around for my convenience...

I am entering the card for the following challenges:
The D2D progressive challenges=> Image challenge
Tuesday morning sketches=> the sketch
DDSB=> Circles
MIM=> Anything goes

That's all folks...

Whoops forgot to mention.. I made it to the top 3 in the Moving along with times handmade flowers challenge for my recycled bag.. You can see the recycled bag here and the MAWTT blog here.

Thanks for dropping by.. Your comments awaited....

Hugs,
Khush

CAS Card

Hey peeps,
Am back.. This time with a CAS card.. This is my very first attempt at anything CAS so please be kind to me but do point out where I can improve....

A few days back I had asked Tejal to help me with the whole concept of CAS because it seems very alien to me and she was very kind to send em some links.. Since then it has been there on my mind but I was just not getting around to doing it...

Today was a like a Eureka moment that enough is enough.. I AM GOING TO DO IT NOW.. So I went to the clean and simple blog and picked up their current sketch... Take a look at it...

And here is my take on the sketch....

I did an arrangement of quilled flowers in different colours...

A close up of my quilled flowers ( Seems like ages since I did so much of quilling.. LOL)

The Pink cardstock has been locally bought.. I traced the die cut and hand cut it.. It's not come out very neat this time thanks to the silly scissors..( I need new ones)...I layered the scalloped circle witha  circle ad palced all the quilled flowers on it.. Have used flat pearls as centres for some of the flowers.. The black ribbon was a RAK from Ash and the sentiment is from the Fiskars birds set which I got from Karuna's store and inked it using Unity Noir bought from Ujjwal.

I am entering this card for the following challenges::

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Clean & Simple !56=> Sketch
Catch The bug=> Anything goes
Craft your days away=> Make your own flowers
Show and Tell=> Anything goes
By the cute and girly=> All things bright and beautiful
Meljens Design=> No patterned papers
MAWTT=> Handmade flowers
Paper Play=> Make your own flowers
Kelly's Kids=> Hot Summer/Bright colours
Paper Shelter=> Anything goes
Truly Scrumptious=> Mostly Pink
Stars and stamps midweek throwdown=> Anything but glitter

That's all for now.. I hope you guys like it.. Waiting for your comments which are very valuable to be.. Happy Crafting...

Hugs,
Khush

Recycling

Hey peeps,
Yesterday was our rakhi.. Don't ask me why we celebrate it later than the rest of the people for I have no clue but it was a good haul this year.. More cash for craft shopping.. LOL..

Anyways This is my first project as a GD for any blog and it feels good.. ALTHOUGH.. it gave me jitters and goosebumps and worse was.. I could ask NO ONE for help as to how it looked.. I think I realized that being a DT member is not easy and deadlines mess up your mind for when you really need a Eureka moment, it sadly never happens.... It definitely was a good experience...

Now going onto the challenge, this time around at CraftyJC, we are doing our bit in saving Mother Earth so we'd like to see recycling in your projects.. it could be ANYTHING and not necessarily restricted to paper.. so get cracking and open your minds... Please make sure you leave a before and after picture so that everyone can know what it is that you have exactly recycled...

Here is my project, I made a bag out of old newspapers and embellished it with quilled flowers.. one made from recycled reader's digest cover and some flowers made of quilling strips...

The BEFORE PICTURE

 Well as you can see, I've used old newspapers and my readers digest magazine covers ONLY.. I could never cut up my reader's digest....

And THE AFTER PIC

Voila.. Here it is.. I coloured the bag with red acrylic colours.. Those black die cuts are done out of old perfume box gift set whose scraps I threw away.. Did some faux stitching.. The digital sentiment is from some place I picked up on the internet ( blast my horrible memory, I need to organize my digital folders better)...The center quilled cornflowers are the ones I made from the reader's Digest cover, the side flowers are made of white quilling strips.. the cornflowers have a bee-hive shaped quilled piece for center.. I have blinged it up using Pie Lane glitter balls and butterflies..

The BACK...

The TOP VIEW

The bag is made out of sticking 5 sheets of newspaper together to give it some sturdiness.. I also added pieces of packing cardboard to give the base and top lapels some sturdiness...

You wanna see a side view.. Oh well if YOU INSIST..*wink*

Well I loved this challenge.. It made me try something which I had never done before and it was VERY challenging for me.. It took me ages to work out what I really wanted to make and kept trying and trying until all the elements fell in place... Recycling is a good way of using a lot of scraps to give a unique dimension to your project..

Hoping to see y'all at CraftyJC with recycling..

I am entering this project for the following challenges:
Wags 'n' Whiskers=> anything but a card
Totally paper crafts=> not a card
MAWTT=> Handmade flowers
paper play=> make your own flowers
Bearly Mine=> flowers flowers flowers
Die cut dreams=> make a gift box or bag



I also wanted to thank Dr.Sonia.. She gave me an award which makes me feel super.. She gave me the appreciated follower award... Well Doc.. It's a pleasure to be your follower for I get to learn so much from you.. Thank you for inspiring me always with your work...

Gosh it is difficult for me to give it to any one person.. So this is for all the people who drop by my blog regularly and comment.. you know who you are so right ahead and pick this award.. This is me saying thank you for always always being there and encouraging me to work harder...

That's all for now folks... Am off to plan my niece's birthday party which is tomo...Your comments are highly appreciated...Till the next time.. Happy crafting...

Hugs,
Khush

P.S: I've gotten a lot of requests for the corn flower.. I will DEFINITELY try to put up the tutorial next week.. Life is very hectic at the moment to say the least...